Fare-registering apparatus.



R. C. PRICE.

FARE REGISTERING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 21,1910.

1 1 85,934: Patented June 6, 1916.

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FARE REGISTERING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 21,1910.

Patented J nne 6, 1916.

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IN VEN 70H Fain ' ROMAINE 0. PRICE, on NEW YORK, N. Y.,

ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO

JAY M. JOHNSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 6, 1916.

Application filed June 21, 1910. Serial No. 588,150.

To all whom it may concern:

Be. it known that I, ROMAINE C. PRICE, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York city, in the county of New York and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFare-Registering Apparatus, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art towhich it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to fare registers, and with regard to the morespecific features thereof, to a device of this character for use onstreet railway cars.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a practical device ofthis general nature which will keep an accurate and complete account ofthe money which is placed therein.

Another object is to provide a practical means controlled directly bythe coins removed from the receiver of the device adapted to registersaid coins according to their denominations in a simple and reliablemanner.

Another object is to provide a device of the above type which is of acompact and durable construction and proof against accidental orintentional misuse.

Other objects will be in part obvious and in part pointed outhereinafter.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction,combinations of elements and arrangement of parts which will beexemplified in the construction hereinafter set forth, and the scope ofthe application of which will be indicated in the following claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate one of various possibleembodiments of this invention, and in which similar reference charactersrefer to similar parts through the several figures, Figure 1 is a sideelevation thereof, parts of the casing being broken away for the sake ofclearness; Fig. 2 is a front elevation with casing removed; Fig. 3 is anenlarged detail view of the ratchet mechanism employed to rotate theregister shaft; Fig. 4c is a partial side View of the registeringmechanism showing certain members thereof in the positions which theywill assume upon the removal and registration of a five cent piece;Figs. 5 and 6 are detail views, showing a modified form in which aresilient member is applied to the shaft of the pinion 27.

Referring to the figures, a receptacle 1 is secured to an upper portionor cover-plate 2 of acasing 3 and opens into the upper portion of areceiver or hopper 4 secured to the cover-plate 2 in any suitablemanner. Also supported by the cover 2 is a depending frame 5 withinwhich is journaled a shaft 6, and secured to the latter is a circularbrush 7 having bristles of some relatively stifi material, preferablymetallic. This brush projects within the front end of the receiver 4between the side walls thereof, and the bristles are kept in compactform by means of wings 8 extending forwardly from said side walls andpreferably having their outer ends flared slightly outward as shown at 9in Fig. 2. Journaled within the frame 5 is another shaft 10 upon which adrum 11 is secured in any suitable manner, said drum extending withinthe receiver 41 and having its peripheral surface engaged by the brush7, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. A suitable crank 12 is secured to theshaft 6 whereby it may be rotated, and rotary motion is simultaneouslyimparted to the shaft 10 by any suitable means such as a sprocket chain13 engaging sprocket wheels 14 and 15 mounted respectively on shafts 6and 10. In order to selectively remove coins from within the receiverthe peripheral surface of the drum 11 is provided with a plurality offlattened portions 16, 17 and 18. The length of each of the portions 16is slightly greater than the diameter of a five cent piece and isprovided with pins 19 adapted to engage and retain a five cent piecethereon, but spaced from one another sufficiently to permitpennies ordimes to pass therebetween. In the embodiment shown there are providedthree such portions, but it will, of course, be understood that thisinvention is not limited to any particular number thereof. The length ofthe portion 17 is slightly greater than the diame ter of a penny and isprovided with pins 20 adapted to engage and retain pennies thereon, suchpins being spaced from one another sufficiently to permit a ten centpiece to pass therebetween. The pins 20 upon the portions 17 will alsoengage five cent pieces, which are of greater diameter than the pennies,but such pieces when engaged by the pins will project forwardly andoverhang the flattened portion, for a purpose which is hereinafterdescribed. In the embodiment shown the drum is provided with one suchflattened portion. The length of the flattened portion 18 is slightlygreater than the diameter of the ten cent piece and is provided withpins 21 adapted to engage and retain ten cent pieces thereon. These pinswill, of course, engage pennies and five centpieces but such pieces whenthus retained will project forwardly and overhang the flattened portion.In the embodiment shown the drum is provided with one such flattenedportion.

The operation of the removing mecha nism is as follows: After the coinshave been deposited by the passengers, it being understood that thereceptacle 1 is adapted to receive only pennies, nickels and dimes, theydrop into the receiver 1. Vhen the crank 12 is rotated in the directionindicated by the arrow thus rotating the brush 7 and the drum 11 in thedirection indicated by the arrows in Fig. 1, the different flattenedportions of the drum pass to the right, the pins upon the variousflattened portions engaging the coins and carrying them forward in thefollowing manner: The pins 19 associated with the flattened portion 16will engage and carry forward five cent pieces only. The pins 20associated with the flattened portion 17 will engage and move forwardpennies or five cent pieces. If, however, a five cent piece is socarried, its overhanging portion will be engaged by the bristles of therotating brush and the coin will be thrown upward and disengaged fromthe pins, thereby preventing the five cent pieces from being carried outof the receiver by the penny engaging pins. The pennies, however, whichare carried by said pins will lie wholly upon said flattened portionsand will be carried past the brush out of the receiver. In a similarmanner the pins 21 associated with the flattened portion 18 arepermitted to remove ten cent pieces only from the receiver, for penniesor five cent pieces which may be engaged thereby will be struck by thebrush and thrown back into the receiver in the manner above described.It will thus be seen that these parts permit the coins to be selectivelyremoved from the receiver. The registering mechanism will now bedescribed.

Disposed upon the shaft 10 and in front of the drum 11 there is shown inFig. 1 a cam member 22 and pivoted at 23 is a bell crank lever 24 havingat one end thereof a roller 25 adapted, when released by a memberhereinafter described, to engage the surface of the cam 22. At the outerextremity means of collars 33 and 34. Secured to said sleeve is aratchet wheel 35 and a pinion 36. A ratchet arm 37 is tightly securedupon the shaft 30 and has pivotally mounted upon the outer end thereofthe ratchet pawl 38 which, upon rotation of the shaft 30, engages theteeth of the ratchet wheel 35 and turns the sleeve 32 and pinion 36 inthe direction of the arrow in Fig. 1. A register 39 of any desiredconstruction is secured to the cover 2 and is provided with a shaft 39to which is made fast a pinion 10 intcrmeshing with the pinion 36. Uponthe hanger 41 is pivotally mounted a pawl 12 which is held by means of aspring 4-3 in contact with the surface of the ratchet wheel 35 and isprovided to prevent a reverse rotation of said ratchet wheel when thepawl 38 is disengaged from the teeth thereof. The pinions described mayhave any desired number of teeth, but in the preferred constructionshown, the seg ment 26 and pinion 27 each have ten teeth and the lattermember is connected to the register gear 40 by means of the abovedescribed ratchet mechanism so as to turn said pinion 10 a completerevolution during each rotation thereof. A spring 4-1, secured to theframe 5 and the bell crank lever 24, tends to hold the roller 25 incontact with the cam surface. Pivotally mounted upon a stud 15 is a bentlever 46, the lower end of which is normally held in contact with theperiphery of the drum 11 by means of the spring 47, in a position to beengaged by the forward .edges of the coins carried upon the abovedescribed flattened portions of said drum. The opposite end of the lever46 is provided with a. notch 18 adapted to receive therein a pin 19which projects from the side of the bell crank lever 24, whereby thesaid bell crank lever is normally held with its roller out of operativecontact with the cam member 22. The latter member is provided with aplurality of recesses, one of which, numbered 50, is of slight depth,and is located a certain angular distance rearwardly of the flattenedportion 17 of the drum 11.

The three depressions 51 are each five times as deep as the depression50, and each is disposed rearwardly of one of the flattened portions 16of the said drum. The fifth depression 52 is ten times as deep as thedepression 50 and is disposed rearwardly of the flattened portion 18 ofthe drum. Upon rotation of the cam member the roller 25 following thesurface of said cam drops into these depressions, whereupon the spring 4draws down the bell crank lever and the teeth of the segment 26 engagingthe teeth of the pinion 27, rotate the ratchet mechanism and theregister shaft 39 to indicate an amount directly proportional to thedepth of the depression with which the roller 25 is, for the moment,engaged. This roller is normally held out of contact with the cam bymeans of the lever 46. hen, however, a coin is removed by the pins onany one of the flattened portions, the ad-' vancing edge of the cointrips the lever 46 and releases the pin 49 from engagement with thenotch 48. The cam continuing to move until the next high point on itssurface is in contact with the roller 25, the bell crank lever is againthrown into its normal inoperative position and the pin is again caughtwithin the notch 48. This position is maintained until the parts areagain released by the removal of another coin. It will accordingly beseen that when the roller drops into the depression 50, the lever havingbeen tripped by a coin upon the surface 17, the register will be movedto indicate the removal of one cent. Similarly the depressions 16 willco-act with the member 24 to register five cents, and the depression 52to register ten cents. In Fig. 4 the roller is shown in operativerelation to one of the depressions 51 and the members 24 and 46 in thepositions that they will respectively assume upon the removal of a fivecent piece. After the coin has passed the end of the lever 46 it fallsfrom the surface of the drum and into a money drawer indicated at 53 inFig. 1.

In Figs. 5 and 6 is shown a construction which dispenses with the spring44 and in place thereof the device, now to be described, is substituted.A casing 54 provided with a removable cover 55 is loosely fitted uponshaft 27 of pinion 27. From this casing projects an arm 56 adapted toengage a screw 57 to hold said casing against rotation in one direction.A clock spring 58 is positioned within the casing having one of its endssecured to the shaft 27 as by inserting in the slot 59, and the otherend thereof secured to the casing. It will be seen from the above thatthe tension of the spring may be adjusted as by rotating the casing,which may be accomplished by the removal of the screw 57 the latter,after the said adjustment has been made, being re placed to hold thecasing immovable. The tension of the spring will tend to turn the shaftto the left, as seen in Fig. 5, and consequently produce a downwardswing of the member 24. That is, the spring 58 performs the samefunction as the spring 44, hereinbefore described, and is, under someconditions, more satisfactory in its action as it takes up the lostmotion due to the backlash of the gear teeth.

From the above description it will be seen that there is provided adevice of the character described, in which coins depos ited by thepassengers are registered before they are available to the conductor formaking change, therefore avoiding any possibility of a dishonestemployee taking money therefrom without such act being discovered; thatin point of construction the device is characterized by its simplicityand few parts, and that the registration of the coins is directlycontrolled by the denomination of the coin removed.

No claim is made to the specific means for selectively removing coins,as this forms no essential part of the present invention.

As many changes could be made in the above construction and manyapparently widely different embodiments of this invention could be madewithout departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all mattercontained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawingsshall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

It is also to be understood that the language used in the followingclaims is intended to cover all of the generic and specific features ofthe invention herein described and all statements of the scope of theinvention, which, as a matter of language, might be said to falltherebetween.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is 1. In a fare register, in combination, a receiveradapted to receive coins of various denominations, means adapted toselectively remove different coins therefrom, a register, a cam securedto said removing means, and a bell crank releasable by a coin andadapted to co-act with said cam to actuate said register in accordancewith the denominations of the coins removed.

2. In a fare register, in combination, a receiver adapted to receivecoins of various de nominations, means adapted to selectively removecoins therefrom, a register, a cam associated with said removing meanshaving depressions of different depths in the surface thereof, and anintegral cam arm and gear segment adapted to co-act with said cam toactuate said register in accordance with the denominations of the coinsremoved.

8. In a fare register, in combination, a receiver adapted to receivecoins of various denominations, means adapted to selectively remove thevarious coins therefrom, a register, a cam associated with said removingmeans having depressions of different depths inthe surface thereof,integral toothed means adapted to co-act with said cam to actuate saidregister different amounts, and a trigger adapted normally to hold saidactuating means in inoperative position and to release the same upon theremoval of a coin, whereupon the coin will be registered according tothe denomination.

4. In a fare register, in combination, a receiver adaptedto receivecoins of various denominations, means adapted to selectively removecoins therefrom, a cam rigidly connected therewith having depressions ofdifferent depths in the surface thereof, a member operatively associatedtherewith to actuate said register different amounts in accordance withthe denomination of the coin removed, and means lying in the path ofsaid coin adapted normally to hold said member in inoperative relationto said cam.

5. In a fare register, in combination, a receiver adapted to receivecoins of various denominations, rotatable means adapted to selectivelyremove coins therefrom, a cam associated therewith having depressions ofdifferent depths in the surface thereof, said depressions correspondingin disposition and being related in depth to the means for selectivelyremoving the various coins, andan integral toothed member adapted toco-act with said depressions to actuate said register in. accordancewith the denominations of the coins removed.

6. In a fare register, in combination, a receiver adapted to receivecoins of various denominations, rotatable means adapted to selectivelyremove the various coins therefrom, a cam associated therewith havingdepressions of different depths in the surface thereof, said depressionscorresponding in disposition and being related in depth to the means forselectively removing the various coins, a member adapted to co-act withsaid depressions, a gear segment integral therewith to actuate saidregister, and a trigger adapted. normally to hold said actuating meansin inoperative position and to release the same upon the passage of acoin, whereupon the said coin is registered according to itsdenomination.

7. In a fare register, in combination, a receiver adapted to receivecoins of various denominations, means adapted to selectively remove eachof the coins therefrom, a register, a cam rigidly connected with saidremoving means, a gear segment adapted to be oscillated by said cam, andmeans operatively connecting said segment with said register.

8. In a fare register, in combination, a receiver adapted to receivecoins of various denominations, means adapted to selectively removecoins therefrom, a register, a cam rigidly connected with said removingmeans, a gear segment adapted to be oscillated by said cam, and meansoperatively connecting said segment with said register, comprising aratchet device adapted to actuate said register upon said segmentswinging in one direction and to hold said register immovable uponreversal of said segment.

9. In a fare register, in combination, a receiver adapted to receivecoins of various denominations, rotatable means adapted to selectivelyremove coins of various denominations, a register, means adapted toactuate said register upon the passage of coins, and means normallylying in the path of removal of said coins adapted to render said lastmeans inoperative when no coins are being removed.

10. In a fare register, the combination of a receiver adapted to receivecoins of various denominations, means adapted to selectively remove thecoins therefrom, a rotatable cam provided with a plurality ofdepressions of different depths upon the surface thereof, saiddepressions being graded in depth in accordance with and disposed in apredetermined relation to the means for removing coins of differentdenominations, a register, a pivotally mounted member provided at oneend with a gear segment and having its other end disposed in operativerelation to said cam, resilient means tending to hold said member incontact with said cam, and means operatively connecting said gearsegment with said register.

11. In a fare register, the combination of a receiver adapted to receivecoins of various denominations, means adapted to selectively remove thecoins therefrom, a cam provided with a plurality of depressions ofdifferent depths upon the surface thereof, said depressions being gradedin depth in accordance with and disposed in a predetermined relation tothe means for removing coins of different denominations, a register, apivotally mounted member provided at one end with a gear segment andhaving its other end disposed in operative relation to said cam,resilient means tending to hold said member in contact with said cam,means operatively connecting said gear segment with said register, alever having one end thereof disposed in the path of removal of thecoins and formed at the other end. thereof to engage said member andnormally to hold the latter out of contact with said cam, said leverbeing adapted when struck by a coin to release said member, whereuponthe latter will be swung through an arc proportionate to the depth ofthe depression with which it co-acts, thereby actuating said register toindicate the denomination of the coin removed.

19.. In a fare register, the combination of a receiver adapted toreceive coins of various denominations, means adapted to selectivelyremove the coins therefrom, a cam provided with a plurality ofdepressions of different depths upon the surface thereof. saiddepressions being graded in depth in. accordance with and disposed in apredetermined relation to the means for removing coins of differentdenominations, a register, and means adapted to actuate said register toindicate amounts in direct proportion to the depths of said depressions.

13. In a fare register, in combination, a register, register actuatingmeans, a member normally holding said means in a retracted positionready for actuation of said register, means adapted to feed coinsagainst said member to release said actuating means by movement of saidmember, and means determining the movement of said actuating means inaccordance with the denomination of the coins fed against said member.

14. In a fare register, in combination, a receiver adapted to receivecoins of various denominations, artificial means having different sizedpockets adapted to selectively remove coins therefrom, a register, a camrigidly connected with said removing means, and segmental means adaptedto co-act with said cam to actuate said register different amounts inaccordance with the denominations of the coins removed.

15. In a fare register, in combination, a receiver adapted to receivecoins of various denominations, artificial means adapted to selectivelyremove coins therefrom, a register, a cam associated with said removingmeans having depressions of different depths in the surface thereof, anda bell crank, one arm affording a gear segment, and adapted to co-actwith said cam to actuate said register in accordance with thedenominations of the coins removed.

16. In a fare register, in combination, a

receiver adapted to receive coins of various ing means, a gear segmentadapted to be oscillated by said cam, and means operatively connectingsaid segment with said register.

18. In a fare register, in combination, a receiver adapted to receivecoins of various denominations, a single means adapted to select andremove coins therefrom, a register, a cam associated with said removingmeans having depressions of different depths in the surface thereof, thedifferent depths corresponding to different denominations of coins, andmeans adapted to be moved by said cam to actuate said register by suchmovement in accordance with the denominations of the coins removed.

19. In a fare register, in combination, a receiver adapted to receivecoins of various denominations, a single means adapted to select andremove coins therefrom, a register, a cam associated with said removingmeans, a gear segment adapted to be oscillated by said cam, and meansoperatively connecting said segment with said register.

20. In a device of the class described a unitary coin carrying element,coin carrymg means on the periphery thereof, certain of said meansadapted to carry only one denomination of coin and others to carrycertain other denominations of coin, a register, means for throwing thesame into operation when a coin is properly engaged on said carryingelement, and a cam connected to said element and so disposed as to timethe operation of the registering mechanism dependent upon the particularcoin carrying means which is carrying the coin.

21. In a device of the class described a coin carrying element, means onthe periphery thereof to engage coins of a certain denomination, othermeans on the periphery thereof to engage coins of another denomination,a register for registering the coins, mechanism operated by a coinproperly carried by said means to throw said register into operation,and mechanism for positively actuating the register dependent upon thedenomination of coin being carried and independently thereof.

22. In a device of the class described a coin carrying element, aplurality of different coin carrying means thereon, certain ones adaptedto carry coins of a certain denomination only and others to carry coinsof another denomination, a registering mechanism, means for throwing thesame into operation when the coin is properly carried by said element,and positively driven mechanism operated independently of the coin todrive said registering mechanism in accordance with the denomination ofcoin carried when said mechanism is thrown into operation.

23. In a coin counting device, a hopper to receive coins of varyingdenominations, a traveling separator separating and positioning thecoins thereon in predetermined positions depending on the denominationof the coin, counting mechanism operating by predetermined degrees ofmovement dependent upon the coin to be counted, a variable movementoperating mechanism therefor arranged to operate through its variousmovements in a predetermined time relation to the travel of the coinsupon said traveling coin separator past a certain counting point, tripmechanism extending in the path of the coins at said counting point,normally holding said counting mech anism out of operative position butadapted to release said counting mechanism upon contact with a coin.

2 1 In a coin counting device, a hopper adapted to receive coins ofvarying denominations, a counting mechanism, an operating mechanismtherefor acting by predetermined extents of movement dependent upon therelative value of the coin to be counted, means holding said operatingmechanism out of operating position but adapted to release saidoperating mechanism for the predetermined movements aforesaid by contactwith the coin of the denomination corresponding in value to thesepredetermined movements, a coin separator and carrier deviceautomatically operating' to separate coins from the hopper into varyingdenominations and to carry such coins as mechanical elements intocontact with the holding means aforesaid.

25. In a coin counting device, counting wheels rotatable through varyingdegrees for the counting and indication of coins of varyingdenominations, a hopper to receive coins of varying denominations, acoin selector wheel rotating with its peripheral surface moving in thepath of the coin in said hopper, spaced coin selecting and re tainingmeans thereon separating and positioning the coins from said hopper uponthe peripheral surface of said wheel in predetermined positionscorresponding to the denominations of the coins, a cam wheel adjacentsaid coin wheel, cam surfaces thereon corresponding in number andlocation to the coin selecting and retaining means, the cam surfacesbeing each graduated in degree corresponding to the relative value ofthe coin in its adjacent coin selecting and retaining means, countingwheel rotating mechanism adapted for operation by the cam surfacesaforesaid, a tripmechanism disposed in the path of the coins upon saidcoin wheel, said trip mechanism normally holding the counting wheelrotating mechanism out of operative position with said cam surfaces butadapted to release said mechanism for operation by said cam surfacesupon contact with a coin upon said coin wheel.

26. In a coin counting device, counting wheels, an operating mechanismacting upon said counting wheels, means holding said operating mechanismout of operating position but adapted to release said operatingmechanism by contact with a coin, a hopper for receiving coins of alldenominations, a traveling separator for the coins adapted to separatethe coins from said hopper into varying denominations and to carry thecoins of varying denominations into contact with the holding meansaforesaid.

27. In a coin counting device, counting and indicating wheels rotatablethrough predetermined degrees for the counting and registering of coinsof varying denominations, a hopper to receive coins of varyingdenominations, coin selector means comprising a wheel the peripheralsurface of which moves in the path of the coins within said hopper, saidperipheral surface having spaced flattened or straight-edged portions,pins embedded therein and projecting from said flattened surfaces adistance suflicient to retain on each flattened surface a single coin,the pins upon the surface designed for the reception and retentionof thelargest coin for which the machine is designed being spaced apart adistance less than the (liameter of such coin but greater than the diameter of the coin next in size, the remaining pins being arranged ingroups upon each flattened surface, each group comprising two straightlincs of pins diverging in the direction of rotation of the wheel, thedivergent end providing the entrance and the convergent end providingthe exit for all coins save those designed to be retained thereon, thearrangement of pins being such as to select and retain upon theperiphery of said wheel at least one coin of each of the denominationsfor which the machine is designed, a cam wheel adjacent said firstmentioned wheel with cam surfaces corresponding in number and locationto the coin selecting and retaining pins, the cam surfaces being eachgraduated in degree corresponding to the relative value of the coin tobe retained in its adjacent coin selecting and retaining pins, a sectorgear imparting movement to the counting and registering wheels andpivoted for varying degrees of movement in a single plane corre spondingto the predetermined degrees of rotation required of the counting andregistering Wheels, a rocker arm on said sector gear arranged to beoperated by said cam surfaces, and a detent normally holding said rockerarm out of operating relation with said cam surfaces, said detentdisposed in the path of the coins upon said coin wheel to release therocker arm by contact with said coins.

28. In a coin counting and registering device, numeral wheels, operatingmechanism therefor, means holding said operating mechanism out ofoperating position but adapted to release said operating mechanism bycontact with a coin, a hopper for receiving coins of all denominations,a traveling separator for the coins adapted to separate the coins fromsaid hopper into varying denominations and to carry said coins forvarying denominations into contact with the holding means aforesaid.

29. In a coin counting and registering device, an entrance hopperadapted to receive coins of varying denominations, automaticallyoperating coin separator and conveyer means receiving coins of varyingdenominations from said hopper, counting and registering mechanism, onemember thereof normally held against spring tension in retractedposition, and means set in operation by the coins upon the coinseparator and conveyer means to release said member of said counting andregistering mechanism to register the coins carried on said separatorand conveyor means.

30. In a coin counting and registering device, counting wheels rotatablethrough varying degrees for the counting and registering of coins ofvarying denominations, a hopper to receive coins of varyingdenominations, a coin selector wheel rotating with its peripheralsurface moving in the path of the coins within said hopper, spaced coinselecting and retaining means thereon separating and positioning thecoins from said hopper upon the peripheral surface of said wheel inpredetermined positions corresponding with the denomination of the coin,

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe a cam wheel adjacent said coin wheel with cam surfaces correspondingin number and location to the coin selecting and retaining means, thecam surfaces being each graduated in degree corresponding to therelative value of the coin in its adjacent coin selecting and retainingmeans, counting wheel rotating mechanism adapted for operation by thecam surfaces aforesaid, and a trip mechanism disposed in the path of thecoins upon said coin wheel, said trip mechanism normally holding thecounting wheel rotating mechanism out of operative position with saidcam surfaces but adapted to release said mechanism for operation by saidcam surfaces upon contact with a coin upon said coin wheel.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in the presence of twowitnesses.

ROMAIN E 0. PRICE. Witnesses:

CARL JOHN KULBERG, EVERETT J. PEoK.

Commissioner of Potato,

Washington, D. G.

